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The challenge of sustainability in healthcare systems: cost of radiotherapy in the last month of lif...

The challenge of sustainability in healthcare systems: cost of radiotherapy in the last month of lif...

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The challenge of sustainability in healthcare systems: cost of radiotherapy in the last month of life in an Italian cancer center

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Full title

The challenge of sustainability in healthcare systems: cost of radiotherapy in the last month of life in an Italian cancer center

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Journal title

Supportive care in cancer, 2021-05, Vol.29 (5), p.2735-2742

Language

English

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Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Scope and Contents

Contents

Purpose
Cost evaluation is becoming mandatory to support healthcare sustainability and optimize the decision-making process. This topic is a challenge, especially for complex and rapidly evolving treatment modalities such as radiotherapy (RT). The aim of the present study was to investigate the cost of RT in the last month of life of patients in...

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Full title

The challenge of sustainability in healthcare systems: cost of radiotherapy in the last month of life in an Italian cancer center

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7981311

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7981311

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ISSN

0941-4355

E-ISSN

1433-7339

DOI

10.1007/s00520-020-05718-0

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